Mumbai Art Scene Boosted by Gallery Weekend, New Galleries
The city's stock as a contemporary art hub has risen with the arrival of a new art fair and spaces including Gallery XXL and Nature Morte.
Shreya Ajmani, Ocula Magazine, January 17, 2024
Sowat, And the Lord said go to the Devil (2018). Ink on canvas. 150 x 200 cm.
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Gallery XXL opened their permanent space at Arsiwala Mansion in Colaba during the event. Inspired by the urban contemporary art and post-graffiti phenomena, the gallery's name riffs on a Jean-Michel Basquiat quote from the movie Downtown 81 (2000): 'I'm an artist. When you tell people that they usually say, "what's your medium?" I usually say, "extra large".'